Rhachis

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  • n. Alternative spelling of rachis.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The spine.
  • n.
  • n. The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern.
  • n. The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb.
  • n.
  • n. The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.
  • n. The central cord in the stem of a crinoid.
  • n. The median part of the radula of a mollusk.
  • n. A central cord of the ovary of nematodes.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See rachis.
    • Word Usage
    "Half a dozen ants may be seen perpetually engaged in, apparently, an unmethodical but extremely minute and critical inspection of the rhachis and the nerves or ribs of the leaf."
     
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